Consulting

The Regulatory Group, Inc. (TRG) specializes in providing technical support to Federal agencies through:

• Researching and analyzing agency objectives.
• Helping agencies develop policy and procedures.
• Helping agencies write regulations, advisory documents, internal orders, and policy manuals.
• Preparing documents for publication in the Federal Register.
• Advising agencies on compliance with the Administrative Procedure Act, and all other statutory and executive orders impacting agencies.
• Teaching agency employees the regulatory process and how to write regulations and guidance.

TRG's clients are Federal agencies and Federal agency employees who are responsible for writing or reviewing their agency's regulations and guidance documents. TRG works directly with agency writers, reviewers, and policymakers to assist them in carrying out their agency's functions.

The regulatory objective of any agency is to produce effective regulations.

How do you ensure that your agency produces effective regulations? TRG answers this question with its three-pronged approach to effective rulemaking:

• Clarity - Your regulations must be clear (plain language)
• Accuracy - Your regulations must be substantively accurate (serves intended purpose)
• Process - You must follow the correct legal process in developing and implementing your regulations(satisfy legal procedural requirements, APA).

The failure of any one of these factors undermines the Federal agency's regulatory objective. By focusing on these factors in all of its consulting and training efforts, TRG helps Federal agencies build quality into their regulations and their rulemaking process, advisory documents, internal orders, policy manuals, and overall regulatory process.

Since 1980 TRG has provided services to Federal regulatory agencies in the following areas:

• Regulatory Drafting
• Improving the Rulemaking Process
• Analysis of Public Comments
• Rulemaking Manuals
• Compliance with Executive Orders
• Regulatory Research & Reporting
• Agency Specific Rulemaking Training